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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Constituent

/(kŏn*stĭt"ū̇*ē̇nt)/ · Con·stit·u·ent · IPA /kənˈstɪtjuənt/
01 a. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
  1. 1.
    Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
    “Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.” Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Having the power of electing or appointing.
    “A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.” — Junius.
02 n. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
  1. 1.
    The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
    “Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance.” Sir M. Hale
  2. 2.
    That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.
    “We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.” Tyndall.
  3. 3.
    One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.
    “The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents.” — Abbot.
    “To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.” Macaulay.
  4. 4.
    A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.(Law)